Anna Knap 1869 - 1950

Died in Detroit, Michigan (daughter of John Knap and Catharina Hriczenyak). John was a fisherman who fished in the Poprad river were fish are plentiful. Anna married Joseph Krafchak of Maly Lipnik at St. Michael the Archangel Greek Catholic Church in Sulín on June 04, 1886. They lived in her husband's village of Maly Lipnik after they were married and had two children while living in Maly Lipnik: Anna born on March 23, 1889 and Joseph born on February 12, 1892. Her husband, Joseph, immigrated to America in 1892 with his cousin. In 1898, Anna and her two children immigrated to America joining her husband in Old Forge, PA. In the mid-1900's Anna's brother, Joannes (John) Knap, and his family moved to Old Forge. Anna spoke mostly in Rusyn and was never fluent in English. She also disliked modern machinery opting for more simple life that she lived in Sulín and Maly Lipnik. While in America, Joseph and Anna had five more children. In the 1940's Anna, now a widow, moved with the majority of the family to Detroit, MI. This was caused by the decline of the coal industry in PA and the lure of the automotive industry in Detroit. Anna is buried next to her husband in St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery in Old Forge, PA.